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Cirrhosis leading to Chronic Liver Failure - Clinical Signs and Symptoms

#Cirrhosis #LiverFailure #Signs #Symptoms #PhysicalExam #Findings
Clinical Signs and Symptoms ... LiverFailure #Signs #Symptoms ... #PhysicalExam # ... Findings #Diagnosis ... #Hepatology
Differentiating Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) From Vestibular Neuritis-Labyrinthitis
BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO
 • Age: More common
Positional Vertigo (BPPV ... consistent with BPPV ... ) #Vertigo #BPPV ... Labyrinthitis #diagnosis ... #neurology #comparison
HINTS Exam - Distinguishing Central from Peripheral Vertigo
 • Head Impulse: Head thrust 10° with eyes
TylerLarsenMD #HINTS #physicalexam ... Peripheral #Vertigo #diagnosis ... #neurology #bppv ... #comparison #table
Characteristics of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
 • Onset: Sudden
 • Intensity: Severe initially, often decreasing
than a minute for BPPV ... posterior canal BPPV ... Central #Vertigo #diagnosis ... findings #signs #symptoms ... #comparison #neurology
Peripheral Vertigo
Time course and symptoms characteristics are very helpful in distinguishing between causes of peripheral vertigo.
Benign
Time course and symptoms ... Positional Vertigo (BPPV ... #differential #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Dilated Abdominal Veins and Caput Medusae - Direction of Blood Flow

Vein Milking technique can be used
veins of neck, shoulder ... #Blood #Flow #physicalexam ... #diagnosis #hepatology ... #obstruction #comparison
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
positional vertigo (BPPV ... Long symptom-free ... insufficiency (VBI) - Should ... Positional symptoms ... #differential #diagnosis
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison ... Differential Diagnosis ... #NonHodgkins #comparison ... #oncology #diagnosis ... #differential #hematology
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver for BPPV

Procedure:
1. Make the patient sit on examination table, such that the shoulders would
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver for BPPV ... such that the shoulders ... Vertiginous symptoms ... DixHallpike #Maneuver #BPPV ... #Instructions #Diagnosis
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
suspicious clinical symptoms ... sought to support a diagnosis ... Areas of diagnostic ... Abnormal #Algorithm #Hepatology ... #Differential #Diagnosis